People · Australia
Byron Gronning
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021GRON01
Byron Gronning has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Adelaide Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 448th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2021, he has put 311 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.70 in June 2021 to 8.97, a 64% improvement. Byron has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 11.17 | top 4.8% | 448 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.06 | 19.20 | top 6.2% | 141 / 2,659 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 6.77 | top 8.1% | 608 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 10.73 | top 23.4% | 1,187 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.15 | 2:05.37 | top 35.5% | 482 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 7.65 | 12.33 | top 38.7% | 1,154 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.88 | 1:23.48 | top 44.8% | 1,202 / 3,051 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.55 | — | top 64.9% | 841 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 51.33 | top 68.6% | 299 / 468 | |
| Square-1 | 55.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 757 / 899 | |
| 7×7 | 8:41.71 | 9:13.70 | early days — 3 solves | 467 / 523 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 21 Aug 2022Six personal bests in one day at Clare Valley Cubing 2022.
- 22 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
- 15 Jan 2022First sub-20 3×3: 13.75 at Adelaide Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Playford Cubing 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Autumn 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Clare Valley Cubing 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Simple Solution South Australia 2021 · 19 Sep 2021
- SA State Championship 2021 · 5 Jun 2021
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Gerard McGinley — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jonah Blakeley — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Leo Hock-Morris — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.